The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-07-13

The freight train leaves Manning at
half past two o'clock instead OF haIf
past three as formerly.
Happy and twice blessed IS the
man who subscribes and supports tie
TINES.
Hot, dry. Dusty! Exclamations of
the pedestrians who tod the streets
Of ofAIanaing.
Dr. G. Allen Higgins has enhanc-
ed the attractiveness OF lis ohce by a
coat of green paint
Mr.. F. ". Munnerlyn, OF Charles
ton, spent Sunday aud Monday with
friends in town.
Mrs. Isbell, the mother OF Mrs. J.
L. Shuford, is very sick at Summer
ton. She is visiting her daughter.
Rev. James Mcdowell, will preach
in the Presbyterian church at Sum-
merton, next Sunday at II o'clock.
The handsomest oak in town is sit
uated IN Mr.. J. a. Burgess back yard.
Il equals in symetry any tree we have
ever seen.
Miss Ella Butler has returned home
from Bishopville, where she has been
on an extended visit to her sister, Mrs.
Stuckey.
Mr.. T. n Wilson is touring it in
Georgetown in the interest Of the
Equitable Life Insurance Company,
OF New York.
Mr.. Arthur C. Butler is at home on
visit from Bishopvile, where he has
been engaged in business for some
months past.
". N. Butler, Of Social Circle, Ga,
son of the late Capt. Morgan Butler,
of this county, is here on visit to re-
latives, after an absence Of thirteen
years.
Persons going into the Court House
will notice very neat sign marking
the Office of the Probate Judge. t
was painted by Mr.. II. R. Meldau.
The outside of this Times is all that
is required in perfect home Journal.
News matter and literary articles in
teresting and instructive to the read
er, make mp the paper:
There viii be vacancy at the Cit
adel Academy on the graduation of
Mr.. I. I. Bagnal, the last ofthis month.
This is good chance for young,
man of merit to get an education.
Mr.. ". II. Young has in his poses
sion small metallic snuff box, which
was brought over from Ireland in 1776
by his great grand father. Its anti
quity gives it an inestimable value
with Mr. Young.
It was announced from the Metho.
dist pulpit here last Sunday, that the
third Quarterly Conference would
convene in Manning July 18th and
18th. The presiding elder IS expect
ed to preach Saturday and Sunday.
He will, also, ii in town, conduct the
union service at the Presbyterian
church Sunday evening.
And still the rain has evaded Man
ming. It has fallen in abundance with
but few exceptions in every other Sec
ton Of our county. The dust is dis
tressing to our citizens and parched
gardens and crops add further to our
discomfort. What can he the cause
of the local curse? Is it the wicked
ness Of the place or that we are al
ready acet enough.
It seems strange that the reorgaRiz-
atien of the Manning Guards: should
fill number of our citizens with
poetic aspirations. Quite q profusion
of their illusions have reached this
Office, several pieces of which have ap-
peared in print. 1t is to be hoped in
this time they are cured Of this senti-
mentality. Enough has been written
about the Guards, for a while at least.
Base ball is still fever among US.
A game was played at PacksviDe on
the 9th between the Packsvi'le club
and team from Wedgefeld, wAich
was about the finest game of the sea-
son. At the close of the game the
score stood Z to 8 in favor Of Packs
vile. The Manning juvenile team
played two games last week, one with
the Sumter club and the other with a
team from Juneville. They beat the
Sumter club by score of p to 8.
Juneville gave them their first defeat.
The score was IA to II. The game De-
tween the fats and the leans has been
indefinitely postponed. The Manning
first nine will play s. game with the
Pamela club on the grounds here this
afternoon.